Bottle carrier



May 28, 194

M. E./HOLY 2,401,158

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Feb. '17, 1940 Patented May28, 1946 UNITED STATES? PATENT OFFICE I Boil- 122 33188 bottle carriers adapted terial such as folding One object of the Mitchel E. Holy,

Philadelphia, Pa...

Container Oorporationot America, Chicago,

111., a corporation of Delaware Application February 17, 1940, Serial No. 319,424 A z (01. 224-45) The present invention relates to collapsible to be formed of sheet macarton board. present vide a strong, eflicient carrier for bottles and invention is to pro- I like articles which can be economically made complete at abox plant, shipped to the user in flattened condition an d readily set up by the user in condition to receive several bottles to enable them thus to be carried by hand.

Another object of the a bottle receiving portion ing two compartments in the top walls of the Another object is to at open ends of theof bottles therein.

Another object is to ing elements in each 10 invention is to provide of a hand carrier havwhich can be collapsed bottle receiving portion.

provide retaining means carrier to insure retention provide fcldable separatcompartment of a two-compartment collapsible bottle "carrier adapted to separate at least certain of the bottles or other articles in such compartments.

Another object is with means, such the carrier in expanded In the drawing:

Fig.-1is a perspective viewof rmed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view or flattened condition; and

Fig.3lsaviewofa from which the carrier to provide a collapsible carrier as foldable flaps, for retaining condition, 30

a bottle carrier of the carrier in collapsed preferred form of blank can be made.

The carrier as herein illustrated comprises a handle portion at the formed a. two-compartmentbottle receiving portion having cuter equal vertical Walls dimensions SD 8.5

lower end of which is and an inner partition of toform a collapsible parallelogram arrangement.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

t e handle portion is designated generally at 5 and the bottle receiving top panels, the sections aide panels, the sections Iottom iormlng panels portion at 6. .As illusdesignated at l0, it being designated at II, N bein and the sections I2, 12 5 ,ing out tabs It, I 3 is such panels and bottom ward pressure,

being attaching flaps adapted to cooperate with tabs l3, l3 struck from the top panel to form an extension of the handle section and provide a center partition member or connecting section. For this purpose the tabs I3, B are preferably secured as by means of staples l 4 to the attaching flaps l2, l2. r

The tabs I3, l3 are so formed as to be integrally joined to the handle sections 1, 1. In order to more readily cause the tabs to lie in the same plane with. the handle sections the score lines defining the top panels from the handle portions are preferably interrupted across the juncture of the tabs with the handle portions. The size 01' the apertures as to closely fit the bottles to be carried by the carrier.

The central bottle receiving aperture of each top panel indicated at It is preferably formed 20 by striking out two flaps I7, I! at each aperture,

25 disposed in a downwardly extending position they serve as, dividing means to separate the bottles placed in the outer apertures from the bottle placed in the central aperture. The flaps ll, ll are of such width that they win snugly fitthe space between the inner adjacent surfaces 01" the side walls Hi, In and the central partition member formed by the flap l2, l2 and tabs l3, It. By reason of this snugly fitting relationship the flaps H, H in downwardly projecting position will cause the carrier to be retained in a set-up condition to' facilitate the loading of bottled goods into the carrier. Securing means, such as staples l9 are preferably employed to retain the lower parts of the handle sections 1, 1 in close contact.

As the bottle receiving portion of the carrier is open at its ends means arepreferably provided for retaining bottles from outward movement. For this purpose inwardly fcldable retaining elements are provided by forming converging score lines 20, 20 and 2|, 2| in the side panel portions respectively. These score lines are extended to meet at the hinge line between the side and bottom panels. After the carrier has been set up these corner retaining elements can be brought to an operative, bottle-retaining position by inward and upcausing the elements to. snap into and be retained in this position.

Thehandle portions 1, l are provided with suitl5, l5 left by strikable openings 22 and 23. One of the openings,

herein illustrated as opening 22, is cut so as to leave a tab element 24 which can be folded through the opposite opening 23, as shown in Fig, 1 so as to cover the raw upper edge of the opening 23 and make the carrier more comfortable to the fingers of the personcarrying same.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides an advantageous form of carrier which can be folded to lie relatively flat for storage and shipment and can be quickly and easily set up for use to receive articles such as bottles. It is to be noted that when the carrier is in collapsed condition there are only four thicknesses of material in the collapsed lower part of the carrier. This is due to the fact that the tabs l3, l3 and the bottle receiving openings are brought into registration so that the tabs lie within the plane of the adjacent panels ll, 9.

The retaining elements formed by the parts defined by the score lines 20 and 21 will not be folded into their retaining position until the carrier has been set up. While the carrier is in a collapsed condition, these portions defined by score lines 20, 2i will remain fiat and lie in the planes of their respective adjacent side wall and bottom wall portions. After the carrier has been set up the retaining elements are readily snapped into retaining position by pressure upon them with the fingers.

While the present description sets forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, numerous changes may be made in the construction without deviating from the spirit of the invention, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiment be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicatethe scope of the invention.

We claim:

1. A bottle-carrier formed from foldable paperboard comprising a handle portion and a bottlereceiving compartment, the bottle-receiving compartment comprising two oppositely extending top panels hingedly carried by said handle portion, each of said top panels having a plurality of bottle-receiving apertures therein, a side panel hingedly carried by the extremity of each top panel, a bottom'panel hingedly joined to and extending inwardly from the lower edge of each of said side panels, attaching flaps hingedly joined to and extending upwardly from the meeting edge of said bottom panels, said attaching flaps being secured to each other in face-to-face relation and terminating short of the hinge line between said handle portion and said top panels, at least one tab element integrally connected to said handle portion formed of material struck from one of said top panels in making one of said apertures, said tab element extending downwardly into said bottle-receiving compartment'and being secured to at least one of said attaching flaps to provide a; support for said bottom panels along their meeting edges, and a transverse flap on each ofsaid top panels struck from the material thereof and l adapted to swing to a downwardly disposed position, the edge of said transverse flap being adapted when in downwardly disposed position to engage at least one of said attaching flaps, whereby downward collapsing of the bottle-receiving compartment relative to the handle portion will be prevented. I

2. A bottle carrier formed of a single blank of foldable paperboard or like material and comprising a handle member and a collapsible bottle receiving portion in the form of an open-ended parallelogram, the latter including two compart ments which can be collapsed against one another, and which are separated by a central vertical partition of equal verticaldimensions with the outer walls of the carrier, said central partitlon including an upper portion comprising a plurality of spaced tabs depending from the handle portion into the interior of the bottle receiving portion, and a lower continuous multip y wall portion extending upwardly from the bottom of the bottle receiving portion but terminating short of the roof of the bottle receiving portion and secured to the tabs depending from the handle member, said handle member comprising a pair of handle panels in back-to-back relation and integrally connected at their upper ends, said bottle receiving portion comprising a horizontal roof portion including two oppositely extending top panels formed integral with the two panels of the handle member and'hingedly connected thereto to provide for collapsing of the bottle receiving compartments, each of said top panels having a plurality of bottle receiving openings therein, said openings being formed by striking out the tabs which form the upper portion of the central partition, side panels hinged to the top panels and forming the outer walls of the bottle containing portion, a rectangular bottom member comprising a pair of bottom panels hingedly connected to and extending inwardly from the lower edge of said side panels, said bottom panels meeting along the center line of the carrier and having formed integral therewith a pair of attaching,

flaps extending upwardly from the meeting edges of said bottom panels and secured together in face-to-face relation, said attaching flaps forming the aforesaid continuous lower wall portion of said central partition separating the two bottle receiving compartments, and transverse flaps on each of said top panels struck from the material thereof and adapted to swing to a downwardly disposed position to engage said central vertical partition on opposite sides thereof and also to engage the interior surfaces of the side panels of the compartment whereby downward collapsing movement of the bottle receiving compartment relative to the handle will be prevented.

MITCHEL E. HOLY. 

